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Rhinelander Beer Label

Date: 1992
Description: A beer label featuring Rhinelander Beer that reads: "Export", "Rhinelander Refreshing As The North Woods", and "Beer". At the top is a symbol that reads: "...
Historical Object

Effy Beer Label

Date: 1992
Description: A beer label featuring "Effy" Fine Beer, brewed by the Effinger Co., with a character wearing a uniform serving beer on a tray. The label also reads: "In t...
Print

Brewmasters Amber Beer Label

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Description: Brewmasters Amber beer label with a drawing of a mug of beer.
Manuscript

Rhinelander Beer Letterhead

Date: 08 25 1939
Description: A letterhead in black featuring Rhinelander Beer. Label reads: Rhinelander Beer Refreshing as the North Woods.
Historical Object

Badger Brew Label

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Description: A beer label featuring the name "Badger Brew Pilsner Beer" inside the shape of the state of Wisconsin. The label is black, white, and red.
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Lithia Beer Label

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Description: Label for Lithia Beer with the company logo at left.
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Schlitz Beer Label

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Description: Label, cut in the shape of a parallelogram, for a bottle of Schlitz beer bearing the Schlitz insignia and the slogan: "The beer that made Milwaukee famous....
Photograph

Grocery Convention Display

Date: 1933
Description: The Fauerbach Beer display at the Grocery Convention. The display consists of many bottles of beer, beer cases, die cut cardboard displays, cloth bunting a...
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Bock Beer, Label

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Description: Bock beer label featuring a drawing of a goat's head, wheat or barley stalks, and hops. Bock was brewed and bottled by the Kurth Company of Columbus, Wis.
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Independent Milwaukee Brewery Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Independent Milwaukee brewery featuring an image of a man in a cap, vest, and tie holding both a bottle and a full glass of beer. The des...
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Oconto Beer Label

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Description: Oconto Beer Label brewed by Oconto Brewing Company. The company logo is a crowned shield with the letters "O B Co" flanked by stalks of wheat.
Print

Shine ON Beer Label

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Description: Label for Shine ON beer brewed by Central Waters Brewing Co. The label shows a drawing of a light switch on the sun.
Manuscript

Weber Brewing Co. Letterhead

Date: 12 13 1939
Description: A letterhead in black and green from G. Weber Brewing Co. advertising Pioneer Beer.
Photograph

H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
Photograph

Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: A man stands by a cooler with a bottle of Pabst beer in his hand. Bottles and cans of beer are along the wall behind him. On the right is a magazine stand ...
Postcard

Milwaukee Postcard, Neptune with a Beer Stein

Date: 1914
Description: Postcard of the Milwaukee lakefront. In the foreground is an image of Neptune standing in Lake Michigan holding a trident in one hand and a beer stein in t...
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German Style Beer, Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "German Style Beer, Peter Bub Brewery." Pictured on the label are a group of gnomes d...
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Capital Brewery Island Wheat Label

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Description: Capital Island Wheat beer label. The label features a drawing of the Wisconsin Capitol dome flanked by stalks of wheat. There is also a map of Washington I...
Print

Peoples Bock Beer Label

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Description: Peoples Bock Beer Label with the word Peoples in an arrow, a drawing of a goat, and stalks of wheat. The label also bears the phrases "Hits the spot...
Manuscript

Bechaud Brewery Letterhead

Date: 07 26 1940
Description: The letterhead for the Bechaud Brewery, advertising Empire Beer. The logo is blue and red.

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